Different dental tissues as source of DNA for human identification in forensic cases

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-309

  Malaver, Piedad C ^a,c   Yunis, Juan J ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Dentin; DNA probes; DNA, mitochondrial; Forensic dentistry; Nucleic acid hybridization; Polymerase chain reaction; Tooth

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TOOTH CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ODONTOBLAST; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOOTH; TOOTH PULP;

ADULT; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DENTAL CEMENTS; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038011427     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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